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Coach Brian Sheston's Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers had another strong showing Thursday night, closing out their abbreviated home schedule with a triple dual meet at the Garrison Fieldhouse.The Vikings defeated Iowa City Regina 39-15, but fell to Iowa Valley 39-33 and Midland, 42-36. Sophomore 132-pounder Brady Ortner had another solid night, collecting three falls.

By Rob Levis, V-S boys' swimming coachLast night we had a great meet at the CR Washington Patrick Karamitrous invitational.  The team finished a solid 4th out of 9 teams and there were some really nice performances up and down the line-up. The headliner was clearly our 400 Free relay team of Kirtz, Allsup, Allsup and Elwick that took first place while shattering both the meet record and the team record.

Coach Joe Johnson's Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings used a big fourth-quarter rally and a combined 31 points from Sam Griffith and CJ Rickels to grab a much-needed 48-42 WaMaC win over Independence Tuesday night at the Garrison Fieldhouse.Both teams struggled to find the basket in the early going as the Vikes led just 8-6 after one period. They would put the margin to 13-6 midway through the second quarter before the Mustangs charged back with a 14-2 run to take a 20-15 lead into halftime.

 Coach Rich Haisman's Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes moved to 5-1 in the WaMaC West and 8-5 overall Tuesday night with a 67-32 victory over South Tama in the STC Roundhouse. After a relatively tight first half that saw them up 28-21 at intermission, but a 21-2 run over the course of the third quarter propelled the Vikettes the blowout win.Kayla Griffith led the Vikettes with 10 points, Lucy Howes-Vonstein nine, Taryn Sutton eight, Alyssa Griffith and Brylee Bruce seven each, Davia Herger six, Ashlie Meyer five, Abby Davis and Kalinda Burke four each, Kaitlin Meyer and Sophia Kreutner three apiece and Keira Ott one.

A historic weekend for girls' wrestling in Iowa proved to be an even more historic weekend for a pair of Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers.Viking girls' wrestlers Amelia Birker and Bailey Weeks both competed in the second annual Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association's Girls' State wrestling tournament at Waverly-Shell Rock High School. After just over 90 entrants last year, over 300 wrestlers competed this year and this was the first time Vinton-Shellsburg had entrants in the tournament.

Coach Brian Sheston's Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers put on a solid performance Saturday at the North Tama Invitational.In all the Vikings crowned a pair of champions, two-more runners-up and added a third place finish while placing in the other weights they entered. Sophomore Brady Ortner copped the 132-pound title with five falls, capping his day off by pinning Sam Hackett of Waterloo Columbus in 5:48.

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   By Rob Levis, Head Swimming Coach    The Vinton-Shellsburg Stormin' Viking swimmers closed out their home season Monday with a dual meet win over Williamsburg Our guys swam really well,  On the evening we had 41 new personal best times led by Isaac Allsup and Bradyn Schlief with four each.  Elias Colsch, Logan Zearley and Jared Jacobs each had three new personal best times.

By Betty ThorsvigHot. Sweaty. Loud. Stinky. Not where this Grandma wants to be on a bitterly cold night.  But we have a great bunch of kids that love wrestling.Coach Neve runs them through drills and techniques over and over again.  There is NO slacking here; you better be prepared to come and learn.  I was amazed at all the parents that help out Coach Neve.

It was another heartbreaker for Coach Joe Johnson's Vinton-Shellsburg boys' basketball team Tuesday, as for the second night in a row the Vikings dropped an overtime toughie, falling this time to Clear Creek-Amana, 70-62 in a game that was truly a tale of two halves.V-S led 18-7 after one quarter and 33-16 at the half, but Clippers stormed back, cutting the margin to three after three at 41-38 before the contest went into OT tied at 55.